Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Megan Batoon

Episode Date: August 21, 2018

This week Kaitlyn sits down with actress, dancer, choreographer and digital influencer Megan Batoon to discuss their mutual love of dance, texting protocols when she really likes a guy, and DIY projects for the home. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hey, everyone. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Brissau, and in the studio today, we have dancer, choreographer. Why am I saying it like that? Actress, Digital Influencer, Megan Battoon. I like how you do at the end of your videos. Oh, thank you. It's very cute. I did it when I was like 19 and I never stopped. Oh, that's probably why it's a little bit. How old are you now? Can I ask you that? 27. Oh, you're 27. Okay. Oh, you're still young. Am I? 27 was a very pivotal year for me. Really? Yeah, it was like life changing. Like I became a woman. in what way like I was more sure of myself I had more confidence I knew what I wanted I stopped caring what other people thought right not like 100% yeah I'm like I'm not quite there yet nobody's ever there but I mean everything else I got my my level of giving Fs definitely went

down sure not to zero maybe like six I give I gave like six Fs when I was 27 yeah that's what I would say anyways thank you for being on the podcast today I've become addicted to watching your YouTube videos, and I'm so tired. I watched so many of your dance videos last night. Thank you. You are incredible. I haven't done it a while, but thank you. I got injured for like two and a half months, trying to make another dance video.

And so I haven't quite gotten back yet. You got injured from, how have I not poured the wine yet? Yeah, put the wine! It's just like sitting. Oh my gosh, that. I can't believe I didn't do that. Anyways, Whispering Angel, Obs. Here you are.

Thank you. so welcome um yeah so i grew up dancing my whole life and my mom was a professional ballerina and i feel like it was just like in my blood i did it until i was about 27 but i was never that good oh no i was but i don't know i just feel like i grew up in a really small town and i just feel like i never got more experience than i should have you know what i mean like i just always stayed in my little studio and went to my little competitions and then and then i moved to vancouver and i got a little more experience but anyways I was just like dance videos I it took me from 27 years old when I stopped dancing till about I'm 33 now so it took me until maybe two years ago maybe last

to be able to watch dance videos again because it just made me like like it was too much because I loved dancing so much that I like got sad that I didn't continue but did you like dance your way out of the womb like did you dance since like you were born no no yeah I mean it was cheerleading which is kind of similar yeah so we when I started dancing, I was, like, very stiff. Yeah. Were you a gymnast? No.

What kind of, like, a straight-up dance, like, all-star cheerleader. Like, we tumbled and stuff, but, like... Like, in school. In school, and then, like, the extracurricular. It was, like, the Bring It On version. Oh, my God. So, like, really intense. It's amazing.

It's amazing. Concussions, like, broken bones. Awesome. Oh, wow. Like, totally freak me out. I mean right on. Because, Tor, sure, number one. Yeah.

Yes. Okay. I'm so glad you knew where I was going with that. I knew you would. I have to. I could do the whole script. Me too. It's so good. I actually just watched it. I'm not lying, like, maybe two weeks ago, and

I was Snapchatting back and forth with my girlfriend, and we were just, like, saying all of the lines. I love that. Yeah, it was amazing. I showed two of my friends. They haven't seen bring it on, so I showed them, and I cried three times in it, because I just, like, related so much. I actually get it, because people probably watch it, who don't

understand, and are like, this is so stupid, but you were like, this really speaks to me. Yeah, especially, like, from the competitive side of, like, both of our past. It's like you feel like you're a part of it again. Yeah. I totally get it. That's like me watching like honey.

Remember that? I love that movie. Me too. What was my other favorite dance movie? The one with the, you don't know now, then you go find out. And it was like the... Which one is that?

Oh my gosh. That's the Missy Elliott song. I'm pretty sure Steve Harvey was like the dance battle coach. I think that's... Is it a you got served? Yes. Yes. You got served. I loved you. It was really good. And I would just fast forward through all the cheesy, like, romantic love scenes just to get to the dancing. We want to see more dancing. Oh, my gosh. It was so good. I love that. But you went to school, college, to study graphic design. Because you thought that was more stable than being a dancer. That's right. But then tell me what happened. Oh, my gosh. This might be a convoluted story. But basically, I had auditioned for a step up four. Yeah, and I was like super excited for it. And then I went to like five auditions.

And then I was just like, I haven't heard from them in months. And so I was like, I'll go to school because I know I can make a career out of graphic design. Right. And my first day of junior year, my agent was emailing me. I was in like in math class or something like that. And she was emailing me. And she was like, here's the last audition for Step Up 4. You should come.

And I was like, no, I've put that aside. Right. I'm going to do school. And she was like, the producers are asking for you. I would suggest going. Yeah. And it's like a six hour drive. And it's my first day of school.

Because, like, you already pay tuition, right? And if you drop out, you have to, like, still, like, lose all your money. Right, right. So I was like, it's not worth it to me, but she convinced me. And along with her trying to convince me, I was texting a friend, and I was like, I don't know whether to go or not. And then he said, flip a coin. I'm in, I'm in college. I have no money.

And I'm in class, so I don't even have a coin. So I was like, I can't put a coin. You're like, I literally have no money. I don't even have a coin to flip. Yeah. And so he was like, I'll flip the coin. You say heads or tails. And heads means you drive down.

down to Miami. I was in Jacksonville, which is six hours away. Right. Drive down to Miami and you audition, and then tails as you stay in school for four years and get a degree. Well, that is quite the, like, opposite ends of the spectrum there. Like, okay. And I was like, sounds good to me. And so he said, high risk, high reward. Super. And I can't believe I didn't, like, care that much because I was so on the fence that I could go either way. And so he was like, I flipped the coin, let me know what you choose. And so I said heads. And he just sent me a picture of a quarter on heads. And

How do you know he didn't flip that court? I know. Everyone always asks that. He should have sent a video. Oh, he should have. I don't know if phones could have done that. Or maybe he just really believed in you. Maybe.

And so he showed you the heads. That's so true. I ask him like every two years. And I'm like, people don't really believe me when I tell the story. He was like, no, like legit. It was heads. Okay. Okay.

And so I believe him. I believe you. Yeah. And so I packed my bag for like two weeks to go down to that audition. And then I ended up staying for like four months in Miami and then moving to L.A. right after we wrapped. Wow. So, yeah, all of a coin flip.

Yeah. And you never look back? Never. And so what has your favorite experience with dancing been this far? Oh, my gosh. I mean, I really like performing. So, like, that's just so fun any time that I can perform in front of a live crowd. I don't love music videos, as much as I love being on stage in front of people.

Yeah, I get that. But then, I guess other than that, just, like, meeting really great people and then being able to, like, make what I think is great on YouTube. Yeah. We have the power to do anything we want as long as you believe in yourself. Wait, can you say that again? That was really beautiful. Say that again.

I don't even. What did I? What did I say? We have the power to do anything we want as long as we believe in ourselves. That was really nice. It's true, though. No, it is true. My friend Ben Nempton, I don't know if you know who that is, but he's, he was on a show

called The Buried Life on MTV a while back. Now he lives in L.A., and he does like, he's like a motivational speaker, and he's just, like, he's incredible. And he talks about, like, there's so many people out there chasing mediocre, and, like, just because they're too scared of the failure of living their dreams, that that gives more opportunity to the brave people that, like, go out there and take these chances. So true. So they're, you're one of those. Yeah. Yeah.

I feel like it's the whole, like, leap in the net will appear, but, like, you don't know if the net will, sometimes it's not there. Yeah. But you just got to, like, get up and try again. But there might be another net. Mm-hmm. exactly that was deep that was deep nice one Caitlin there might be another net but yeah it's so true like that's so cool I love that story when I was doing my creep researching I was like wow that's incredible creep searching yeah some deep creeping it was I really like that story um so what have you

done like backup dancing for like yeah oh I did some work for JLo and no big me Gloria Estefan okay and Chance the rapper Wow. Yeah, it's kind of like a wide range. Like, Will I Am and Black Eyed Peas? Oh, my gosh. Really fun, but like really a long time ago. I still try and say that, yeah, but you should still brag about that.

I still try and say that I danced for Black Eyed Peas because I was a cheerleader, actually, myself, in Canada for the CFL. Cool. No. No? You don't have to say that. You don't have to say that. It was a great dance experience because of all the cheer teams in Canada, the one that I was in Vancouver, was like an actual dance team so like I got

dance training for free out of it like it was a really great experience and what I thought was going to look really great on my dance resume but that didn't happen but I was like what was it the gray cup so in the states the NFL has the what is it called here? Super Bowl

Oh yes okay I should know that I could barely I don't know anything about sports I couldn't help you there looked at my producer behind you and I was like what is it he's like Super Bowl I'm like he's like don't look stupid okay so there's Super Bowl and then In Canada, there's the Grey Cup, and Black I P's were performing for the halftime show at the Grey Cup, and I was dancing for it as a cheerleader.

So I, that's my family. Like, I totally was a backup dancer for Black I P's help. I would say so, absolutely. Really? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Good.

They were singing your dancing. Yeah. Slap it up time. There you go. Yeah. It was a peak for me. It was all downhill from there. Black IPs.

Bachelor. Oh, my God. Just kidding. Every time, I have a quick question. Yes. Every time you see a rose, are you like, Yes. Really still?

Yeah, it gives me, like, post-traumatic stress disorder. Oh, my gosh. Like, Sean knows to not bring home. Actually, sometimes he does it as a joke. Yeah, that is funny. Because he'll be like, I can't even know something. But, like, they can't be red. Yeah.

Yeah. Red roses haunt me. Yeah. I was watching The Bachelor. I think it was last week when they were doing hometowns. I can't remember one of us. They were doing hometowns. And Garrett said to Becca, oh, I'm going to plant us a rose tree

so we can, like, have unlimited rose trees. so we can, like, have unlimited roses forever. And I was like, she... Oh, I get it. No. I mean, it's a cute thing you say. He says that now, but she's going to be like, I know it. Yeah.

Burn it. But, yeah, I don't know what it roses. Yeah. It's... Do you have any more questions? I like answering bachelor questions. Oh, I'm sure I'll come up with some, but I always think about that. People always have...

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I did. They shut down the 90 freeway in L.A. Mm-hmm. Whoa. That was really crazy. I actually was injured for that one. I get injured a lot. I was going to say.

Are you okay? No. Brittle bones. Yeah. Brittle bones. I'm worried about you. It's the whole thing. You're just a brittle little person.

Oh. Yeah, I ended up walking that one, but I did run a half marathon for a different job. Jeez. Yeah. Are you a runner? No. Oh. It was just like, it's so funny because, like, one of the deals was like, we want you to document, like, a hard thing that you want to do or, like, an experience that you've never done before.

And, like, I could have been like, I want to travel to Bali or, like, do five countries in a month. Yeah. Instead, I was like, I want to run a half marathon. Idiot. It's absolute idiot. So bad. But good for you. you for yeah I guess thank you you seem like a real go-getter you really do that's nice you kind of

just do it all um Bali is that somewhere where you want to go I would love to go there I went how is it it's incredible okay I went to the monkey sanctuary okay it was the best thing I've ever done did you stay in one of those little huts on the water no I wish it was actually on the show that I went on the bachelor not the bachelor and that's all I wanted like when we were flying there it was a 22-hour flight and I was like please tell me we get a hut and they don't tell you anything. I got there. I was such a spoiled little brat at that point. You live in that mansion and you literally just tell them whatever you want and they bring it to you. Or like, you want to do this, like, at a certain point. When there's a lot of girls,

no. But when it gets down to like, you're really tight with the producers, you can kind of like, you're like, can you go grab me a glass of wine at like whatever time in the morning, let's go. So I was like, no hut. No hut on the water. Am I going home? Is that what this is about but it was yeah it was such a great place I stayed at this amazing resort don't even remember the name but I could figure it out for you but yeah you need to go that's and you don't have your phone the whole time no which is even better because then you really enjoy all the moments yeah that's so cool I actually loved not having a phone so much so that when I got it back it gave me anxiety like I was like I don't want to turn it on I don't want to

answer to people this has been so nice I got the best sleeps of my life even though it's like such a stressful situation I still had the best sleeps of my life and I still had the best sleeps of my life and I swear it had something to do with not having a phone yeah I bet I mean I really wish I could have called my family that would be nice but the whole phone thing like it was quite therapeutic that's insane so it's like what three weeks a month of shooting more well it depends how long you last but I went nine weeks on the bachelor and then um 11 weeks as a bachelor and it was 11 weeks with no phone yeah I'm going to throw up you would not so you would hate it for the like a couple weeks yeah maybe a week and then you'd get so used to it that you wouldn't want it

it's like one of the it's it's a phone is an addiction yeah yes like it i and i have it i really do i just i can't like not pick up my phone i'll even like put it down to go do like one email one email i like start one sentence and i'm picking up my phone i don't even realize it and i'm like scrolling all of a sudden i'm like what am i doing i know like it's just like a maybe not an addiction maybe it's like a comfort i would say it's an addiction it really is Isn't it? Yeah. I agree with you.

But anyways, I was just going to then shutting down the 90 to do a 10K run. But good for you for even walking it if you were injured. Thank you. Yeah, that's freaking incredible. I also saw that you have never seen the movie Clueless. I haven't. And I am a little upset with myself for that. Now, now is it just at the point where you're like, I kind of want to keep it as a story?

Like, I don't even want to watch just so I can keep saying it. No, I would watch Clueless, but I do keep, I've never seen The Little Mermaid. and also Avatar. That one's fine. But that one was, like, huge when it came out, everyone was, like, freaking out over it. Yeah, it was okay. I bet. It was fine.

It was okay. But Little Mermaid. I mean, I know under the sea. Well, it would be weird if you didn't. Really need to know, right? No. And there's so much more. There's so much more.

What do you mean? And like a little krill guy. Who's that, Sebastian? Is he a lobster? He's a crab. Sure. He's a crab. There's a flounder.

named Flounder. Oh, okay. They really reached out of the box for that one. Yeah. But Ariel is like goals. Yes. I know all about her. Okay.

Well, can you please do me a favor and watch that even before you watch Clueless? Okay. But I've never seen sex in the city. See? What? We're on the same page here with like, you're just a little more dramatic than me. I'm just kidding. You would love it.

Yes. I think sex in the city, because I didn't watch it until like two years ago. Because I was just like, no, I'm not going to like it. I started watching it. And the cool thing about sex in the city is that anyone, any woman at any age, can watch it and relate to it. And it's timeless. If you watch it now or if you watch it 60 years from now, it's still going to be the same problems. That's a great point.

It's really cool. You know what? I guess I'm not against it. It was just, I always thought it was this like really girly. Like, I was like, I'm not into it. I thought so do. And so for, like, so many years. How many years has sex in the city been out?

Too many. Too many. And so my sister is a huge fan. And so my sister came to visit me in New York when I was living there. And I went on the Sex and the City tour. And I was like, I don't even know. Like the girl that was on the front of the bus doing the tour was freaking hilarious. I wish I could remember her name because she's also a stand-up comedian.

But she was so funny. This sounds incredible. And so I was like, wow, I really enjoyed that experience. And but I'd never seen an episode. So I didn't get all the inside jokes. So they just showed you like where Carrie Bradshaw live? Yeah, and they show, like, clips of the show on the bus of where you're, like, passing. Oh, that's so fun.

Yeah, and there's a girl, like, talking at the front, like, giving you, like, the rundown, but she's, like, really, she was, like, just dropping F-bombs all the time and, like, swarring in life. It was really fun. And I was like, okay, maybe I could get down with sex in the city. Yeah. Okay, you watch Clueless and Little Mermaid. Okay.

And I'll watch Sex in the City, but that's a little bit more of a commitment. Yeah, yeah. You'll be a couple months out of your life. But I do need a new show to binge. Are you watching The Hammaid's Tale? No, but I should. should. You probably don't have time to just sit and like binge watch things. I could find some time. I just started Gilmore Girls. And is Alexis Blodell is in Handmaid's Tale? Yes, she is. Oh, my God. I just,

I acted like I totally knew that. But when you said that, I was like, yes she is. And I was like, holy shit. Yes, she is. I only knew that because I was watching it with somebody and we were like, let's look at what they all look like now. Yeah. And then they're like, oh, she's in the Handmaid's hell. Oh, yeah. Is it scary? Yeah. Okay. Then I can never do it. It's terrifying. Like, I should not watch that before I go to bed. I couldn't do it in daylight. No, it's actually not good for my anxiety. It's terrifying, but it's so well done, and it's such a good show, but I don't know.

It's something that I've chosen to start to watch on airplanes because I travel a lot. So I'm like, oh, that's on the airplanes? No, but I put it on my computer. Oh, okay. And then watch it, yeah. She's prepared. Except the other day I was on the airplane to come here. I was so mad.

I made sure I woke up extra early in the morning before I got on my flight, and I downloaded like a whole season. and then I got on the plane and realized I downloaded season two, and I was on season one. Oh, no. Did you still watch it? No, I did not. Oh, good for you. And then I got all mad because I went and watched, I was like, I'll watch a movie on the plane.

This was a four and a half hour flight. And then the movies kept cutting out, and then I was all grumpy. And then I remembered the stand-up comedian who said that he was so embarrassed that a guy on his flight was mad that there wasn't Wi-Fi and that, like, the TV wasn't working because he was. he's like, oh, I'm sorry, what happened next? Did you just partake in the miracle of flight? Oh, in Louis C.K.? Yeah. Did you just sit back in your chair and fly through the air?

Like, I was like, I can't be mad that I can't watch a movie on this plane right now. I'm just going to enjoy the miracle of flight. The miracle of flight. And I did. And I did. But anyways, that was my, I feel like I'm talking about myself right now. That's what it's all about. No, it's not.

It's about you today. Okay, I'll take it. It's about you, Meggs. Megs. um okay do you have any confessions for me oh gosh what kind of confession do you want well anything it's just it's your time to confess to me oh man to get anything off your chest for me to wipe away your sins with my wine which by the way toss me a glass yes yes i could use a little bit more yeah before you confess to me uh let's see what i can i can i'll confess something that i guess

I still get a little embarrassed by, but this happened when I was 16. Okay, no, that's great. It has to be something that you still get embarrassed by, or it's not a confession. Yeah, at least two years. It's been two years. It's been almost 10 years, because I'm 27 now. Yeah. So when I, and this is so funny because the guy, the other guy of the story, just visited me in L.A.

This weekend, this past weekend, but he's my first boyfriend ever. Oh. And we're not together anymore, but he came and, like, stayed at my house. Yeah. And I was like, what is this? What is this? What's going on here? You're saying on the couch, but like, what is this?

Well, what is this? You're saying in my house when on the couch. One of those lost. So I, uh, he for some reason, I mean, for some reason, he would get like a lot of emails in his inbox. I was like, Busty Brunette takes a shower. Like, no. Yeah. So I was like, oh, this is weird.

And he was like, I'm getting spammed, blah, blah, blah. And I'm 16, so I have no idea. Oh, this is when you're 16, not when he's staying at your house right now. No. Oh, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Which I'm sure the search history is the same. Probably. So I ended up, like, wanting to be cute one day.

And so, like, I go, I'm wearing, like, a white tank top, but then I, like, go in a shower. And they're, like, this is before cell phones kind of are, like, really everywhere. So I think I use, like, a digital camera. And I, like, turn the water on. And then, like, was, like, this Britney Spears performance photo, like, selfie of, like, me in the shower with this white t-shirt and, like, no bra. I'm 16. Right. And so, which back in my 16-year-old day, it's like, not every 16-year-old is doing this.

I know, I'm like, that's like a classic Snapchat right now for like, yeah, yeah. This is so, I guess, innocent now, but in the time, I was just like such a goody-goody. Yeah. And so I remember sending him the photo on his email, but I didn't have my own computer. So it was on my mom's computer on my email. Yeah. Which was still up. Oh, no.

And I was at a friend's house. And I think there was like one or maybe like one to three that were sent. Yeah. But one that was like really bad. And it's not bad, but, you know, I know what you're saying. Not great for a mom to see. No. And so she calls me and she's like, stop whatever you're doing.

I don't care. Come home right now. We need to talk. And I was like, oh, what do you? I remember that. I hate that we need. If anyone says we need to talk, just tell me now because I will, I will not be okay. I text it to my fiancee the other day and he was like, you're scaring me.

And I was like, oh, sorry. Yeah, that was definitely wrong wording. He was like, you're scareding me. But yes, go. What I meant was we need X. We need to talk. So she calls me and I come home and I have no idea what's going on. And then I walk in and my pictures are printed out on the kitchen counter.

And she's like, explain these. And I was like, I can't. I'm sorry, Mom. You're like, I was just trying to be Britney. Yeah. I was just trying to be Brittany. It was just having a Britney moment. Yeah.

And I was just like, what did you say? Were you honest or were you like, I just did it for myself? It's my new headshot. My face is barely in it. I don't even know what I said. You have bad aim. You have bad aim. You're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Whoops, it was supposed to be my face.

It doesn't exist yet, Mom. Yeah, sorry. I'm not ahead of my time, Mom. Oh, my gosh. Okay, that's a good one. Very embarrassing. Another embarrassing one that I actually get more embarrassed by, which has happened last year. I had a crush on this musician who we, we,

went on one day and then like never again and I do calligraphy and so I like wrote some of his lyrics on a paper yeah when I was on a flight and so I like and I didn't have Wi-Fi on the flight so I was like going off of memory of what the lyric was yeah and so like I put it on my Instagram story and like tagged him in it and it was the wrong lyrics the wrong lyrics that's probably a little humbling for him though like maybe you took him down a notch and he kind of wanted you more I don't know and I was like I blamed it on like composition I was like if I put The real lyric, it wouldn't have fit. Right.

And he, like, joked around with me with it, but I don't know if he believed me. Well, that's hilarious. I like that story, actually, because to me, I'm like, that's funny. He was probably like, oh. I feel like, you know when guys are like, they need to be taken down a notch? I wonder if he got taken down or if he was just like, this girl's dumb. Because I was like, was listening to the song. Well, you did only have one date.

I know. Well, he also doesn't live here. Oh. He lives in Australia. Oh. So really far away. way. Was it Cody? No.

Oh. I'm like trying to think of any. I don't know. Who's that? There's like some Australian kid that was like a big deal who's a singer. I'm just trying to like, pinpoint. I'm just trying to dig. Trying to get names out of you. I don't know. Okay. And you also have a podcast. I do. Yeah. And it's called Just a Tip. Yep. And it's a device podcast. Basically it's like tangential thoughts of me and the guest.

But people write in like real questions. And it's so funny because. I can relate exactly to people that are 16 or that are 18 trying to, like, go through the same things that I went through. Yeah. But the reason why I like it a lot is because it was, it's still like we do this thing that's called like should do, would do. Yeah. And it's like, this is what you should do morally, but like, I wouldn't do that.

Right. This is what I would do. Ooh, that's good. Yeah, because everyone could be like, oh, just have a conversation. But it's like, no, like, I would just like stop talking to them for a little bit. And then, like, every now and then peep in and be like, what up? And it's good that you have that duality where you can. tell both but you're like you're like this is what you should do right so you're giving both

you're giving them options exactly you know do what you will with my two pieces of advice here's what you should that's good yeah i like that a lot thank you and so people just write in and then you whoever you have as a guest you guys just give tips on that yeah we just uh i read the question in their voice uh i don't do accents or anything but like i read it as if i were asking the question and then we just go around it's like a round table of like what do you think how can we help them have you been in this situation what would you do now i want to ask you a question. Oh my gosh. Was that an accent?

Oh, my gosh. I thought you didn't do accents. I don't know what that was, but you nailed it. Thank you. Do you do the game thing where you wait a bit to text, or are you just like, screw it? I'm obviously on my phone. I'm not going to make it look like I'm playing games. I don't play a specific game. I think it's really dumb if people go, oh, we took us 23 minutes to respond, so I'm going to do 24. It's pointless. They, I feel like I see through it. Yeah, they either can point it out right away or they don't care at all.

And so, like, you're putting yourself through that. I do, I just make sure, like, the time of it sounds really nice. So it's like if it's the first time I'm texting him, I'll do like a, like, a 1037 or something. So it's not like not 10 on the dot or not 9. Oh, so it doesn't look like you set an alarm to text. Yeah. But, because it goes through like three drafts or more before I send any boy that I really like a text. But basically, as long as you.

You text with, like, everything checks out and you're being playful but smart but not giving too much. Yeah. It doesn't matter how long it takes you as long as it's perfect. And, yes, I agree with that. I agree with that. And are you dating anyone right now, or are you just dating in general? I wish. I mean, you sounded so dreamy.

Oh, I wish I was dating. I go to a garden just to be around roses. Are you on, like, Tinder? No. I have. Bumble? I go on kind. Here's my problem with dating.

I don't go on dates. I just end up being in relationships. So, like, I hang out with a guy once, and then we date for two years. Yeah, I get that. I get that. I feel like that was my past as well. I totally get that. Yeah.

Do you send nudes? No. Oh. I've never. One time on Snapchat, I was really, really nervous. But the guy was like, it'll be fine. And then I just didn't like it. Oh.

And then so I have not once sent. Like a full nude. Wow. Yeah. Good for you. Not many people can say that. That's like people who don't have tattoos. It's like, wow.

Yeah, I got a lot of tattoos. Oh, you do? Yeah. Oh, how many? Nine. Nine? What are they? I'm like looking at you.

I'm like, I don't see it. Okay, I see one. I have got one on my arm. That's a cool spot. That's a cool spot. Thank you. I have a paper airplane here. I have a physics equation there.

I'm going to love it. I have something in Tagalog because I'm Filipino with my sister there. Amazing. A quote here on my wrist. I think that's it, but there's not, oh, I have two on my finger. Oh, I have finger tattoos, too. Really? I have tear drops.

Oh, look at that. Yeah. I had to kill two people to get those, but, you know, casual. Casual. That's the joke I make every time I show people those tattoos. That's a good joke. You should continue to make it. I got stopped at the border ones, actually.

I don't know if I've ever told this story on my podcast. It's so hard to podcast and not repeat yourself. I know. Because I'm like, I've done, like, at this point, maybe seven. Podcasts and I have no idea of my short-term, long-term memory. Both. Both of my memories are gone. I have

no memory. But it's, I don't know what I've talked about. So I went to cross the border with my girlfriend and a guy had paid for our flight to go there. He wasn't coming with us. It was just my girlfriend's birthday and he sent us to Vegas for the night. So we only went for one night. So we packed a bag and

we went, we crossed the border, whatever, on our way back and he was like, who paid for the flight? And we were like, some guy and then he's like why'd you pack a bag and we're like he goes why'd you pack a bag if you only went for one night oh we're girls that's what I said I said we're girls I had like shampoo hair products like I couldn't just pack a carry on and then um I was like sitting like this or something and he goes why do you have tear drops tattooed on you because he thought I was doing like a drug deal or something like process you know right a guy paid for our flight we went for one night we packed a bag

and I have tear drops tattooed on the fingers yeah And my girlfriend's passport was Australian, but she's Canadian. And it was this whole thing. We ended up having to go, like, sit in a room and get searched. But anyways. Oh, my gosh. Not a drug dealer. Not a drug dealer.

Just went for a good time. Yeah. Wow. I've never gotten stopped. I get so nervous. Like, even if the TSA or it's like when you're not doing anything wrong and police pull you over or they like look at you or they like look at you or they walk into a pink bear that you're in. Yeah. You're just like, oh, you know, you automatically feel guilty.

Imagine people who are guilty, how they feel. I know. I think that same thing, like, even just crossing the border to go into Canada, like, my home country, I think they're going to find something on me. And plus, I have an 01 visa, and everyone always questions me when I go through because they're like, what do you do? Yeah. I'm like, I have a podcast. Like, what do you want from me? This is all I can offer you.

One of my girlfriends actually was her and her husband are Canadian, but they live in the States and they're YouTubers as well. and they were crossing, and they have some, I think they had the O-1 visa, and they're like, what do you do? And he's like, I'm a singer. And they go, sing a song for me right now. Stop it. Yeah. Yeah, they made him sing at the border to prove that he was a singer.

And he's like, what do you want me to sing? And he's like, well, what do you sing? And he goes, I usually do covers. And he goes, Taylor Swift, go. I'm crying. Yeah. And he did it? Yeah.

And like loud enough for everyone to be like, this is amazing? I hope so. I don't know. But I was like, wow, everybody got a free little show there because he's amazing. Oh, my God. God, that's hilarious. Yeah, yeah, it was really, that's, I was like, okay, note to self, don't ever say,

I'm a singer just till I cross the border. Yeah. Because they will get you. That's crazy. Yeah. Because if I said I'm a dancer, I would not want to dance in front of everybody. But you could. But you could.

I would have to. I mean, you'd probably be injured, but you could. Yeah. I would definitely be limping on the airway. But you can still tell you got rhythm. Okay, let's just take a hot minute. Talk about bras for a second. I got my girlfriend, Cleo, into Third Love,

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I just do, yeah, the podcast is strictly. just audio, but I should do video You should. You should. I think that would land with your landy, I say. Landy. I think it would land with your viewers. Yeah. Maybe nice. Because what kind of stuff do you do on your YouTube? You do a lot of do it yourself

projects. Yeah. Is that for home and clothing and everything? You are so talented. Oh my God, thanks. You're really, you're like, oh yeah, I can do that. Yeah, I do that too. I just like, but the thing about it is like, I I think I do so many things, but I'm not like, the best at any of them. Nobody wants to do that, though.

I feel like I'd rather be really good at a lot of things than be the best at a few things. Yeah, I mean, depending on what it was, for sure. Then you have no room for improvement. Yeah, if you're already the best. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. Boring. Nice.

Yeah, you're welcome. Thank you. Feel free to recycle that. Yeah. Yeah, DIY, a lot of the house stuff is DIY because I just got a house last year. Oh, congrats. That's huge. Thank you.

Did you know that I didn't know what DIY meant until like this year? Really? What do you think it meant? I had no idea. I used to think LOL meant lesbian online. I love that. Like, I've never related to something so much as when Phil Dumfey said, like, I can hang with the cool kids. I'm the cool dad.

That's my thing. I'm hip. I surf the web. I text, L-O-L. Laugh out loud. O-M-G. Oh, my God. W-T-F.

Why the face? Why the face? Why the face? T.F. Why the face? I'm really sure of it, too. That was me. I was like, L.O.L. Lesbian online. That's what I thought it meant for so long that I like refuse. I still refuse to

use LOL. That's hilarious. A little side note. I refuse to use it. But yeah. Oh, that's so funny. Okay, you bought a house. Yes. So you do a lot of DIY stuff for your house. Yes. Like, tell me what's your favorite thing that you've done? Oh, gosh. One time I made barn doors. Have you ever seen these things? Yes. Yeah.

I want barn doors in my home, but I can't figure out where to put them. You make, do yourself? Yeah. Well, I don't always make them, but we made them for a job, and we didn't think that they were going to be that easy to make. But it's really just like some wood and some nails and some... Wow, good for you. Stain. A little handywoman. I mean, they don't look perfect, but they look handmade, and that's all that matters. Again, who wants perfection? Me. Oh. We have a house, too, and I've really... gotten into like home projects but I could never do something myself I can I can build furniture I'm

actually quite good with like hanging things building things yeah but like my creative mind isn't there like I need somebody to be the creative side of it and then I can like build it that's great yeah that's all you really need is to be the builder part because you can go on Pinterest and they do the creative stuff you go oh that's a good idea and then you just I get very overwhelmed on Pinterest. Really? Oh, that's my heaven. Like, over-stimulated. It's a lot because I don't know. I don't, I just get over-unless it's like cooking. I really love going to Pinterest for recipes. But for like home decor or style, like it just takes me down like eight-notches. Like I end up feeling like shit about myself every time I'm like, oh my God, really? Yeah, because I'll be like, wow, you know, I've like accomplished a lot and my home's

beautiful and I've got a great wardrobe and then I go on Pinterest. I'm like, oh my God, my life sucks. My house sucks. My wardrobe sucks. Because everything's just so perfect. It's so perfect. It really is. It's too perfect. It is. But I do love it.

I understand. I understand. Because you're probably inspired by it. Yeah. Where I get bitter at it. I feel like I've probably gotten bitter at it a couple times. Do you use it for cooking ever? You like to cook, right?

I do. But I just started getting really into like subscription food service, like the little boxes they send you. I am a big fan of that. I was always like, I had a friend on my podcast that started talking about how he, He did one of them, and he said he did it for like a year and a half. And I was like, that's too long to do it. And then I got sponsored by one of them. And so they sent a box.

And then I was like, oh, my life has changed. It is a game changer. It's amazing. It really is. And there's so many out there. But it's all, it's just so convenient. And they make it now because everybody, like, being healthy is in. Yeah.

It's a thing. Yeah. Yeah. And so they send, like, really fresh stuff. They chop it up already for you. Like, it's ready to go. it's going to be really convenient when I have a family because that is what I will live for.

And it's like it's 30 minutes and you still get the act of cooking. Yeah. So they give you all the ingredients. Yeah, because I love the active cooking. I love it. It's my favorite thing to do is like to unwind, have a glass of wine and cook. Yeah. It's the greatest thing.

Like if I could hear just a tip from me, do that. That has made my life so much better. People get overwhelmed by cooking and they think it's so hard, but it's actually just following instructions and then you feel really good about yourself once you do it. And it's really good. Yeah. And I feel like when I'm on Pinterest trying to find recipes, it's like they're cooking for six or eight. And like, I'm one little person.

Yeah, I'm one person. You're little. Soon to be little once I continue to eat healthy. Yeah, but it gives you the right portions, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know what you mean. It's perfect. I love it.

Even though I'm a big leftovers guy. Yeah. Well, that's the, so it's for two and then I just eat one. And then the next day I eat the lunch, the leftover lunch. We're going to get you a boyfriend. You're going to find. What's your type? Skinny, tall, white comedian.

Oh. Yeah. Okay, tall, skinny comedian. Yeah, I guess the skinny part doesn't really matter anymore, but I do like a little lank on them. A little bit of lanky. A little lanky. Like, if they're into, like, psychoanalysis, really into that.

Okay. Someone that's, like, kind of sarcastic, but not in a mean way. Right. Playful. A guy that reads. A guy that reads. Mm-hmm. Okay.

Yeah, I guess that's like the majority of it. So you've got a type. Yes. Yeah. Which I didn't know, but it always ends up being like this intellectual comedian and it's just like, ah, he's broken and so am I. So what are we going to do? Let's be broken together or let's just break up. Yeah, we're just a mosaic together.

Oh, that's okay. Now I'm like going to be on a mission to find someone. I have someone in mind, but he's not tall. Well, he's not short, but he's not tall. He just exists. He exists. But he's really funny. Okay.

But he's also sure of himself. I'm in. Yeah. And he's Canadian, but he lives here. Oh, so he's nice. So nice. Super sarcastic. Okay.

Yeah. Okay. Let me know. I really enjoy playing Matchmaker. I feel like this could be a thing. I would love. Okay. So here I'm going to tell.

And he loves, he takes YouTube videos and he pitches them to shows and like, you guys would have a lot to talk about. Well, hit me up. Okay. Oh, my God, this is, imagine? Imagine this is your, I swear. Okay, I'm coming to the wedding. Anyways, go on. I was going to say, the only thing that's tripping me up right now is I've been kind of in love with this guy for a long time.

Oh. But I can't quite talk to him because I dated a friend of his. Oh, shish kebabs. Yeah. Shish kebabs. Make sure you bleep that one. Shish kebabs Okay, so you

are in love with him I mean, who knows what love is on this end of the table But it's Love is a many splendid thing Love lifts us up to where we belong All you need is love Anyway, sorry about that rant

Sorry, it's blocked out All you need is love Okay, go on He's, I just think he's incredible And we've had lots of chemistry When we're around each other But he's a little scared of me and had...

Perfect. ...said that to me. Perfect. Is this perfect? Yes. Okay. I act like I've been in the game for so long. I've been out of the game for a while.

But, yes, he's a little bit scared of you. That's exactly what you need. Cool. Got it. Check. I feel like that means he's a little bit in love with you, too. Hope so. So the only thing that's holding you guys back is that you dated his friend.

Yeah. Really seriously? No. Well, what the hell? It's just like, eh, it's the... I feel like I shouldn't tread. I should tread lightly for at least a little bit. Okay.

How recent was this dating? Last, the early at top of this year. Okay. It was like the break of it. It was last year. How did it end badly? No. Okay.

I don't see any problem here. Okay. I really don't. Would he have a problem? Maybe for a little bit. But that's why it's like, he will. So time is what we need. Time is your friend.

Okay. I'm picking up as your friend. But it's a long con, so. A long con? Yeah. I'm just waiting it out. Should I know what that means? I guess it takes a long time.

It's like a master plan that you're making for, like, the very far in the future. Oh, okay. L-O-L. L-O-L. L-O-L. I realized that I didn't confess to you. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

What's your confession? I don't have one. I swear it's like, I have five podcasts today. Do you really think I'm going to come up with five confessions when I've already done, like, 70 shows with confessions? What's the last embarrassing thing that happened to you then? Something that, like, you know when you start thinking about something that embarrassed you and you, like, get really sad, and you're like,

I have to think about something else or else. I'm going to fall into a hole of embarrassment. That's what I, when I talk about the musician's lyrics, every time I think about that, I, like, get cold and hot at the same time, and I'm like, I should leave my mind. I can't think of anything that puts me in that headspace. You don't get embarrassed?

Oh, you're... I don't get embarrassed very easily. That's amazing. And if I have, I've already talked about it numerous times. Okay, listen up Vino's because I have some good news for you. Those genius men. and women at Hyundai are modernizing the car buying experience with their new shopper assurance program. So it's pretty much the future of car buying available here in the present. Seriously,

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slash shopper assurance. I made people write in to my Instagram page of their confessions so that I could have some sort of confession for somebody. And I honestly have never read this before, so let's just see what happens. Confession, my freshman year of college,

one of my roommates was a nightmare. She wrote about me on the internet saying I was a drunk Barbie doll, and there were a few other rude things during the semester that really pissed me off. So one night my boyfriend at the time and I were having sex, and when we were done, he accidentally tossed the used condom, and it landed on her pillow. It was the best accident of my life because she, for whatever reason, was not a fan of laundry, and I got to see her put her face all over that sex-covered pillow for the next month. Yes, I know I'm going to ask for still finding this funny as a 33-year-old mother, but I don't want to grow up.

I'm so glad I read that one. That's hilarious. That's amazing. All I read was the compliment that her. her friend called her a Barbie. I love to be called a Barbie. I'd love to be called a Barbie. I'm like, if I had a nickel.

You take that and you run with that girl. Drunk Barbie doll for life. Drunk Barbie doll gang. Here we are. I'm crying. I was thinking the same thing. I was like, oh. Thank you.

That's what I would have said. No one has ever called me a Barbie doll. It's so funny because, yeah, you think about like the mean things she could have said about. She called me a Barbie doll. She called me gorgeous. Okay. She called me unachievable.

Yeah. Insult me, please. I need it. Way to take me down. Oh, that's funny. Okay, I'm like trying to go through my notes. Oh, you went to Greece. Oh, I want to go to Greece.

You haven't been. No, but I was reading something. You were like English there. You haven't been. You haven't been. You haven't been. No, I've never been. It's on my bucket list, but I hate wind.

It is so windy. I hate wind. It's like wind and static are two things that really piss me off. Yeah. It really grinds my gears. I should not go to Greece because of the wind. It was only really windy in Santorini. Okay.

I think you would like Mekanos a lot. Okay. Off of your energy right now. Okay. Yeah. Are you a big energy guy? You can tell people. Yeah.

Okay. So I would, wait, say it again. I'm going to write it down. Mikinos M-Y-K-O-N-O-S. M-K-O-N-O-S. Why don't you type that in the Google search image. You'll see It's beautiful

And it's less touristy I think And it's more of like a party town But it's also like nicer So they're like nicer shopping It's a little bit more like A little bit more luxury than like the grit of San Drini

It's my favorite part of Greece Yep Yep That's on my bucket list Yeah Okay What was your favorite part What was your favorite part of

Are you do you travel a lot? I travel a fair amount But not overseas Okay What was your favorite part of Greece? Wow. Did you meet a Greek man? Actually, I did.

So here's the thing about me when I go out. It's number one, I don't go out very often because I don't like it. Yeah, no, I hear you. But my sister really likes to go out and she's like, oh, we're across the world. Like, we need to experience the night life. And I go, okay, let's do it. And so we went to a bar in Mekanos and the bartender. And also, like, I'm not the most attractive one of the group that I was in.

Okay, but you're stunning. Thank you. I know you weren't fishing, but I'm going to give that one to you. I'm going to give it to you. But I'm on the lake in real league. Yeah, yeah. So I'm sitting at the bar because I don't want to dance because I don't want to be there necessarily. So I'm at the bar and I'm like getting a drink.

And then... If I were you, I'd be like busting out all of my moose, but go on. But that's like the weirdest thing is because like nobody wants to dance with the girl that's like starting a circle. Yeah, that's true. It's intimidating. Yeah. Yeah. It's just like, I'm just going to sit down because I could do this too.

I would be like, I accept your challenge, and I would get right in the circle and start break dancing, but anyways, yes. But anyway, so the bartender, and the bartender's name was the same name of that guy I'm in low with, Afer mentioned. Oh. We'll call him Alex. Okay. His name is Alex.

We're going to go ahead and call him Alex, because that's his name. So he was, like, telling me that I, he liked my energy and that I, he liked me and wanted to dance with me, or not dance with me. He wanted to go out with me after, like, we were all done dancing. Yeah. And I was like, when are you done? And he said, like, two or four or something that I didn't want to stay around for. That's a late night.

Right. That's a late night. Like, 11 is a late night. Yeah. And I was like, oh, cool. Like, I'll let you know. We're going to go somewhere else. And then he, like, motioned me to come closer.

Yeah. And, like, grabbed the back of my head and, like, pulled it into his face and, like, kissed my cheek. Oh. And then it was like, I'll see you soon, Megan. And I was like, oh, my God. Wow. wow but yeah you know what I mean he grabbed my head and was like Google my dream man right Greek goddess pulling you in for a kiss on the cheek and then looking at the eye and saying

your name like he was like in my name yeah I was like he's pulling out all the stops but like this is the last time I'll see you this is how low the bar is these days okay just remember my name he remembered your name and kiss you on the cheek and he is God and I'm a size six in my ring so Alex if you're listening come over to the states and I am ready I do I do. I do. That's amazing. And then what happened? Nothing. And then I never went back. I literally, he kissed my other chair and said, thank you, bye. And then I went home and went to sleep. And my sister and her friend stayed out. Do you relate to that new, like, meme or whatever it is so hard when it says, I used to sneak out of my house to go to parties and now I sneak out of parties to go home? Yep. So relatable. So that's my entire life. Yes. And you, okay, being an influencer and in the digital world, I feel that.

like it can be tough. I feel like YouTube has a lot of meanies. A lot of meanies. And a lot of people have strong opinions. But you're also a big advocate for mental health. So what is one thing that you've learned in your life through having this platform that you feel strongly about? What's one thing that you've learned? How do you deal? I think, I guess like, this might not answer your question, but I think the main thing that I've learned is how fast and wide reaching you can affect somebody yeah because like I'll post a video and I think maybe like a couple people see it but then like people in africa and people in new zealand will be watching it and this changed my life like I it's crazy to think that like you can affect anyone with just being yourself

yeah or just trying to help and be someone that they can be a friend to yeah but like I've gone to some meeting greets and people will be like I didn't kill myself because of you yes and I just I have no idea like how I just from being you Right. Like, I'm so grateful. Like, that outshines all the bad on the internet, but there is a lot of bad. Thank you for saying that, though, because I do sometimes need to remind myself of the same thing and just how much good can come from the internet. Because sometimes I'm like, oh, my gosh, I'm not having kids. I'm not going to, like, I'm not going to bless myself with a family that I've always wanted because of the internet.

Like, I'll, like, get that dark. Yeah. But that's true because I think there's, like, a Mr. Rogers documentary that I really want to see. but he says something about that like do you know what I'm talking about? I know the documentary but I have no idea what the quote is and I'm all for you finding it so that you don't misquote the source material

I can't misquote it I think a lot of people online get caught up in all the nasty stuff going on out there like the news even or just like I posted a picture I work with Reebok and their new campaign is actually

so great because it's about like female empowerment and feeling strong no matter what body type no matter like who you are just feeling strong. And so I posted this picture that says be who you are instead of who you think you should be. Yeah. Do you know what? I love that. Do you know what the response was from somebody?

Obviously, I'm not going to name her name. The white-edged dress you're wearing on the background was super irresponsible choice. It conveys unattainable standard of thinness unless you scrutinize the image. It creates a damaging conflict with the words in the message. When you're one being represented, you need to do better than this and I was like you completely took everything that that message was about and body shamed me right for that's my body you are that this is that's what yeah okay and so then I get so stressed out about that but then I'm like you know everybody else that they're like wow

you know I really needed that today right and then all of a sudden I'm still focusing on that one little and that's so great that's what it is it's like there's so there could be 800 good comments and then there's like three really bad ones and you're like oh that's like that's like The reason, when I started YouTube, like, people asked me, like, did you get bullied as a kid? And I said, no, not until I started being online. Yes. And it's crazy because, like, I had, like, kind of, I never had braces growing up. So I had, like, my teeth were kind of snaggely and everywhere.

And so I started doing videos. And I don't know what I'm doing. I'm learning how to grow up on the internet, too. So, like, I'm yelling at the camera because I don't know what energy is. So I just think, like, louder is better. And, like, no. Right. You learn as you go.

Yeah. Right. And so, like, I was just trying to pull out all the stops just so, like, people would like people would, like, want to watch. And I remember, like, getting a lot of comments of people with me, like, your teeth are all, like, jacked up. And I'm just like, I got so insecure that I got inviseline. And I hate, like, going under, like, for surgery. But I had to get my whiz and teeth to get invisible. Then I got inviseline.

And then people started to stop talking about that. But then they were like, hey, you have a lazy eye. And so I went to the doctor and got like an eye check. Are we the same person? That's the two things that people point me. Really? The same thing. People went nuts.

I thought I had great teeth until I went on The Bachelor, and everybody just went nuts about how I have, like, dinner plate teeth because they're so big and round, and I like that, I had one snaggle tooth, and so I went and got my, this guy that was on my season, he was a dentist, I got him to fix all of my teeth, and then people were pointing out the same thing, that I have a lazy eye, and that one eye is bigger than the other, and then I was like, started going to my Botox lady, and I'm like, could you relax this eye even more? And I'm like, what am I doing now? It's ridiculous, but, like, it's so funny, though, and I've never, like, really put this

together until like right now is like the effect that we can have on people in a positive way they can have on us in a negative way it's the same like the same gravitas of effect and i had no idea until just now and we're like yeah they any little comment they just want to be heard because like they're happy it's true it's true it gets to us and that sucks because it's because it's their because it's their problem too and then we make it our own yeah and you know it's i actually just wrote a song the other day um oh my gosh beautiful i love that well i co-wrote i was with a bunch of songwriters and we wrote a song about how um like how i try and like have thick skin and be tough but like sometimes words hurt and i one of the lines is that the one the words that i say to myself are the ones that hit the hardest

so it's like saying like when i say those already to myself and then you reassure me in a tweet that that is actually how you see me right then i that's what then i'm like oh god i'm That's what hurts me the most. Yeah. Like you just reassured all of my insecurities with your one tweet. You d*** with no profile picture. Right. It's always that.

It's always the weird, great avatar. Let's hear it. When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. And that's simple, but very true because that's a powerful thing. It sounds so simple, but it's actually such a powerful thing to actually just look for the people that want to help. Yeah. I said we ended on that

I love it That was a good Little sesh there I really enjoyed that I feel good about that Where should I send my therapy invoice Well I do have podcasts on Thursdays called Grape Therapy where I am your host slash therapist

So if you'd like to come on that And we could talk about your problems I love it I'm here for you with wine I really really really enjoyed having you here That was so much fun And it always goes by so fast I keep looking at the clock

I know No, no, stay longer. But where can people find you on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, wherever? Tell us everything. Yeah, all of the places at Megan Batoon, M-E-G-A-N, B-A-T-O-N. And my podcast, Just a Tip, which is that advice podcast we were talking about? Apple Store, is that what it's called? Apple Podcast, Spotify.

Yeah. Anywhere you get podcasts, just a tip with Megan Baton. Amazing. I know you have good pun jokes. Oh, no. Send me off with one. And I'll tell, what are the scariest kinds of bees? The scariest kinds of bees are, boobies.

Which one? Boo. Bees. Love that. Get it because I scared you. But I was saying, boobies. Oh, I see. Yeah, I'd explain it.

That's not funny when you have to explain it. It's better than mine because I have none. Yeah, you do. Popsicle. Wait, I'm so on the B one. Oh, okay. You want to just sit on that for a second? Take a knee.

Yeah, you might. Take a bee. Marinate in it. Take a bee. Do we have any bee puns from the crowd? I thought it was killer bees. Oh, that's way better. Wait, what are the scariest kinds of bees?

Killer bees? Yeah, but that's just a fact. Jokes, this is what I always laugh about jokes. There's like, what's the difference between a hippo and a zippo? One's a little lighter. One's a little lighter. But then I'm like, there's a lot of differences between a hippo and a zippo. like one's a hippo oh sorry well like one's a hippo and one's a fun like of course there's a difference

like so so with all these jokes everyone's like what's the difference between what my jerry sign failed all of a sudden like what everyone's always like what's the difference between blah blah and i'm like well there's so many like where where do i even start yeah where do i start and then i'm just like buzz killington just ruining everybody's jokes but you know what i mean like so anyways so go on with your jokes um i guess okay what i'll do a different joke but it'll be be related Okay. What do you call a B that brings the party down? What?

A buzz kill. Oh, that really aligned with what I just said. Yeah. That's what made you think of it. Hey, hey. Oh, amazing. I'm Caitlin Bristol. I'll see you next Tuesday.

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